EP0751001B1 - Fördervorrichtung für ein Aufzeichnungsmedium - Google Patents

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EP0751001B1
EP0751001B1 EP96110500A EP96110500A EP0751001B1 EP 0751001 B1 EP0751001 B1 EP 0751001B1 EP 96110500 A EP96110500 A EP 96110500A EP 96110500 A EP96110500 A EP 96110500A EP 0751001 B1 EP0751001 B1 EP 0751001B1
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Katsuyuki c/o Canon K.K. Yokoi
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/20—Platen adjustments for varying the strength of impression, for a varying number of papers, for wear or for alignment, or for print gap adjustment

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  • the present invention relates to a recording apparatus according to the preamble portion of claim 1.
  • a recording apparatus for recording on a recording medium by using recording means has been provided with a conveyor roller located upstream of a recording position of the recording head as viewed in the direction of conveyance of the recording medium, and a press-contact member pressed into contact with the conveyor roller so that the recording medium is nipped and conveyed by the press-contact member and the conveyor roller.
  • the position of the conveyor roller is fixed, while the press-contact member is rockably pressed into contact with the conveyor roller. That is, the position of the surface of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyor roller is always fixed, and a surface of the press-contact member with respect to the recording medium is rocked.
  • the distance between the recording head and the recording surface of the recording medium is changed.
  • a thick recording medium such as an envelope
  • a thin recording medium such as a cut paper
  • the distance between the recording head and the recording surface of the recording medium becomes a short distance so that recording quality may be changed and the recording medium may be caught by a carriage when a main scanning is performed with the cartridge.
  • Fig. 8 is a sectional view taken along a plane perpendicular to a main scanning direction of a so-called serial-type printer in which the recording head scans in the main scanning direction; and Fig. 9 is a partial view of the carriage viewed from the direction of arrow A as shown in Fig. 8.
  • a carriage 101 having a recording head and scanning in the main scanning direction, a carriage shaft 102, a roller 103, a roller lever 104 holding the roller 103, a rail 105 provided parallel to the carriage shaft 102, a conveyor roller 106 for conveying the recording medium, a press-contact member 107 for pressing the recording medium into contact with the conveyor roller 106 to generate a conveying force, and a spring 108 provided between the roller lever 104 and the carriage 101.
  • the roller lever 104 and the roller 103 are pressed against the rail 105.
  • the carriage 101 receives a force of rotating clockwise in Fig. 8 about the carriage shaft 102.
  • the carriage 101 is provided with a projection 101a, and the projection 101a is always kept in contact with the press-contact member 107 by a rotating force of the carriage 101 toward the press-contact member 107. For this reason, the recording head (not shown) mounted on the carriage 101 and the press-contact member 107 are always maintained at not less than the constant distance.
  • the main scanning is always performed with the carriage 101 because the recording medium is not caught by the carriage 101.
  • the distance between the carriage 101 rotating about the carriage shaft 102 and the press-contact member 107 is maintained by means of the projection 101a provided on the carriage 101.
  • a rotation amount of the carriage 101 rotating counterclockwise in Fig. 8 about the carriage shaft 102 is changed when the thickness of the recording medium is changed.
  • the angle of the carriage 101, and the angle of the recording head with respect to the recording surface of the recording medium are changed although the amount of change is slight. Therefore, although a change in the thickness of the recording medium does not substantially affect recording to a recording medium of the same thickness, the recording position of the recording head with respect to the recording medium is slightly changed in accordance with the change of the thickness of the recording medium.
  • the length of the projection 101a must be severely managed. This leads to an increase in cost of the apparatus.
  • the projection 101a is always pressed into contact with the holding member, it is worn out by friction when the main scanning of the carriage is repeated. As a result, the distance between the recording head and the recording surface might be changed during the use thereof for a long period of time.
  • Such a recording apparatus in which the projection portion is formed as a roller is known from US 5,179,184. Furthermore, a similar operation principle in which a pressing roller and a recording head are moved together is shown in EP 0 037 217.
  • US 4,227,819 shows a recording apparatus in which a platen is opposed to a print head of a wire matrix printer.
  • this prior art shows a platen opposed to the recording head, which platen is floatingly supported by springs.
  • this platen is moved in a position opposite to the recording head by an actuation of a cam, so as to interpose the recording medium between the recording head and the platen.
  • the platen and the recording head abut to the recording medium at the respective side thereof, and the platen elastically provides for the adequate pressing force of the recording medium against the recording head.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a construction of a main part of the recording apparatus
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view which illustrates a section around a carriage including a recording area
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a rocking structure of conveyor rollers
  • Fig. 4 illustrates a driving force transmission mechanism.
  • the recording apparatus is of a ink jet recording method.
  • a cassette 1 is detachably mounted to the bottom of the apparatus, and a plurality of recording mediums 2 are stacked and held on a pressure plate 1b which is urged by a pressing spring 1a of the cassette 1.
  • the recording mediums 2 are separated and fed one at a time by a feed roller 3 and a separator lug 1c provided on the upper portion of the tip of the cassette 1, and are reversed and conveyed by a reverse roller 4 and a press-contact roller 6 which is pressed into contact with the roller 4 by means of a plate spring 5.
  • the recording mediums 2 are nipped by a conveyor roller 7, which is a first conveyor rotating member to be driven for rotation, and a first follower roller 8, which is a first follower rotating member driven by rotation of the conveyor roller 7 so as to be conveyed to a recording position located downstream of the nipped position as viewed in the direction of conveyance of the recording medium.
  • a conveyor roller 7 which is a first conveyor rotating member to be driven for rotation
  • a first follower roller 8 which is a first follower rotating member driven by rotation of the conveyor roller 7 so as to be conveyed to a recording position located downstream of the nipped position as viewed in the direction of conveyance of the recording medium.
  • the recording head 9 constituting recording means is mounted on a carriage 11 together with an ink tank 10 at a position opposite to the recording medium.
  • the carriage 11 is reciprocable in a main scanning direction along two carriage shafts 12 provided parallel to each other in the direction crossing the conveyance direction of the recording medium, for example, in the direction crossing the conveyance direction of the recording medium substantially at right angles (the vertical direction of a plane of Fig. 1).
  • the recording head 9 ejects ink in response to an image signal when the carriage 11 reciprocates to perform a predetermined recording on the recording medium 2.
  • An ink ejection structure of the recording head 9 of the ink jet method used in this embodiment includes commonly a fine liquid ejection ports (orifices), a liquid path, an energy active section provided in a portion of the liquid path, and energy generation means for generating liquid droplet-forming energy which is acted on the liquid in the active section.
  • Examples of energy generation means for generating such energy include an electrical-mechanical conversion member such as piezoelectric element, energy generation means for generating heat by irradiation with electromagnetic wave such as laser, and for ejecting liquid droplets by the action of heat generation, and energy generation means for ejecting liquid by heating the liquid with an electrical-thermal conversion member such as a heating element having a heating resistor.
  • a recording head used in an ink jet recording method in which liquid is ejected by thermal energy can arrange orifices for ejecting recording liquid droplets in high density. Therefore, high-resolution recording can be performed.
  • the recording head using the electro-thermal conversion member has the following advantages.
  • the recording head can be easily reduced in size.
  • the recording head can sufficiently utilize recent advanced technology in the field of semiconductor, and advantages of IC technology and microtechnology in which reliability is remarkably increased.
  • the recording head can be easily mounted in high density. And, the recording head can be manufactured at a low cost.
  • the recording head has a lot of nozzles. Electro-thermal conversion elements provided in the nozzles selectively generate heat, so that ink is ejected from orifices formed at the tip of the nozzles by a film-boiling pressure generated in the ink to from an ink image on the recording medium 2.
  • serial-type recording apparatus in which a carriage as the head mounting section is serially moved, but also a recording apparatus in which a recording head of so-called a full line type having recording elements (such as orifices and heating elements) over the entire width of a recording medium in the direction of intersecting the conveyance direction of the recording medium may be employed.
  • recording elements such as orifices and heating elements
  • the recording medium 2 on which an image is recorded by the recording 9 is nipped and conveyed by a second conveyor roller 13 and a second follower roller 14 to be discharged to a discharge stacker 15.
  • the second conveyor roller 13 is a second conveyor rotating member which is located downstream of the recording position of a surface in regard to the head in the recording area R of the recording medium as viewed in the direction of conveyance of the recording medium.
  • the second follower roller 14 is a second follower rotating member which is driven by rotation of the roller 13.
  • the first follower roller 8 is rotatably mounted to a first holding member 16, and the second follower roller 14 is rotatably mounted to a second holding member 17.
  • the first and second holding members 17 and 18 are fixed to a chassis 18, and the carriage shafts 12 are also fixed to the chassis 18. Therefore, the positions of the first and second follower rollers 8 and 14 in the hightwise direction of the apparatus are always constant with respect to the recording head 9.
  • first and second conveyor roller 7 and 13 are rockably mounted in the hightwise direction of the apparatus with respect to the recording head 9.
  • Fig. 3 is a right side view in which a chassis side plate 18a supporting a roller shaft 4a shown in Fig. 2 is removed.
  • a rocking member 19 is rockably mounted about the roller shaft 4a of the reverse roller 4
  • a roller shaft 7a of the conveyor roller 7 is rockably fitted into a reversed U-shaped groove 19a which is formed in the rocking member 19.
  • a tension spring 20 as an elastic member is locked between both ends of the roller shaft 7a and the driven roller holding member 16.
  • the spring 20 may be provided at several sections of the portion in the direction of the length of the first conveyor roller 7 other than an area through which paper passes.
  • the second conveyor roller 13 is rockably mounted to the rocking member 19 and abuts against the second follower roller 14 when the rocking member 19 is urged counterclockwise as described above.
  • the first and second conveyor rollers 7 and 13 are driven for rotation so as to impart a conveying force to the recording medium 2.
  • a driving force transmission mechanism is constructed as shown in Fig. 4.
  • a motor gear 22 adhered to a drive shaft of a motor 21 is meshed with an idler gear 23, which is a first driving force transmission member, and the idler gear 23 is meshed with a roller gear 24 adhered to the roller shaft 7a of the first conveyor roller 7, so that driving force of the motor 21 is transmitted to the first conveyor roller 7.
  • a transmission roller 25 which is a second driving force transmission member, is pressed into contact with the first and second conveyor rollers 7 and 13 by means of a spring (not shown). A driving force of the first conveyor roller is transmitted to the second conveyor roller 13 through the transmission roller 25.
  • the motor 21, idler gear 23 and transmission roller 25 are mounted to the rocking member 19 so that the driving force can be transmitted even if the first and second conveyor rollers 7 and 13 are rocked by the action of the rocking member 19.
  • a value of a press-contacting force at a press-contacting position can be obtained by dividing a difference between a moment around the rocking center (i.e., reverse roller shaft) 4a of the rocking member 19 due to the resilient force of the spring 20 and a moment around the rocking center 4a of the rocking member 19 due to weight of each member mounted to the rocking member 19 by a distance between the rocking center 4a and a press-contacting point of the first conveyor roller 7 and the first follower roller 8.
  • Press-contacting force (Moment of resilient force of spring) - (Sum of Moment of weight of member) Distance between rocking center and press-contacting point
  • the press-contacting force which is most suitable for conveying the recording medium can be set while maintaining a balance between the right and left portion of the rocking member 19.
  • the resilient force of the spring 20 is set within its allowable stress, a desired press-contact force can be obtained for a long period of time without deformation of the spring itself.
  • the recording head 9 and the recording surface of the recording medium 2 are not positioned by members relating to the main scanning as in the conventional recording apparatus. Therefore, a problem concerning durability does not arise, thereby always obtaining an excellent image for a long period of time.
  • the distance between the recording head 9 and the recording surface of the recording medium 2 can be easily set by merely positioning the holding members 16 and 17 which hold the first and second follower rollers with respect to the chassis 18.
  • the position of the first follower roller 8 located in regard to the recording head 9 with the recording medium therebetween is fixed to make the first conveyor roller 7 located opposite side of the recording head 9 rockable, and the diameter of the first follower roller 8 can be freely selected because it does not affect directly on the amount of conveyance/conveyance accuracy like the first conveyor roller 7. Therefore, when the first follower roller 8 of a smaller diameter is selected, the distance between the recording head 9 and the recording surface of the recording medium 2 can be located at the position nearer to the recording head, so that the distance accuracy between the recording head and the recording surface of the recording medium 2 can be further increased.
  • the recording medium 2 is held by the press-contacting point of the first follower roller 8 and the first conveyor roller 7 while obtaining the effect of maintaining the distance between the recording head 9 and the recording medium 2, thereby increasing a recordable area.
  • the diameter of the first conveyor roller 7 located at the opposite area to the recording head 9 with the recording medium 2 therebetween is not limited, and more preferable diameter thereof for the amount of conveyance/conveyance accuracy can be selected, so that the conveyance accuracy can be further increased. Therefore, it is also possible to record a higher-quality image.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates a second embodiment of a recording apparatus according to the present invention.
  • a spring seat 19a is provided on the opposite side to the first conveyor roller 7 with the reverse roller shaft 4a (i.e., the center of rocking of the rocking member 19) therebetween, a compression spring 26 as an elastic member is provided between the spring seat 19a and the opposing section 16a of the driven roller holding member 16 to allow the first conveyor roller 7 to be pressed into contact with the first follower roller 8 in place of the construction in which the first conveyor roller shaft 7a and the driven roller holding member 16 are connected by the tension spring 20 to allow the first conveyor roller 7 to be pressed into contact with the first follower roller 8.
  • the recording method is not limited thereto, and other recording methods may be employed.
  • the conveyor rotating members and driven rotating members are not limited to roller-like members as in described in the embodiments. Even if a rotation belt or the like is used as the above rotating member, the same advantages as those of the embodiments can be provided.
  • the positions of the follower rotating members which come into contact with the recording surface in regard to the recording means are fixed, and the positions of the conveyor rotating members are made rockable. Therefore, even if the thickness of the recording medium is changed, the recording means and the recording surface of the recording medium are always maintained at constant distance and angle. Accordingly, even by a recording apparatus like a recording apparatus of an ink jet recording method, which requires an accurate setting of the positions of the recording medium and the recording means, a high-quality image can be obtained.

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  1. Aufzeichnungsapparat zum Ausführen einer Aufzeichnung auf einem Aufzeichnungsmedium mit:
    einem Transportdrehelement (7), das drehbar zum Übermitteln einer Transportkraft auf das Aufzeichnungsmedium (2) ist;
    einem Nachlaufdrehelement (8), das durch Drehung des Transportdrehelements angetrieben wird; und
    einem Aufzeichnungsbereich, der austrittsseitig des Transportdrehelements (7) und des Nachlaufdrehelements (8), wie in die Transportrichtung des Aufzeichnungsmediums gesehen, zur Aufzeichnung auf einer Oberfläche des Aufzeichnungsmediums, mit dem das Nachlaufdrehelement (8) in Kontakt kommt, angeordnet ist,
       worin die Position des Nachlaufdrehelements (8) durch ein erstes Halterelement (16), das auf ein Gestell (18) fixiert ist, starr gelagert ist und die Position des Transportdrehelements (7) schwenkbar ist,
       dadurch gekennzeichnet,    dass ein Schwenkelement (19) mit dem Transportdrehelement (7) um eine Rollenwelle (4a) schwenkbar ist, starr an dem Gestell (18) gelagert ist, worin das Schwenkelement (19) um die Rollenwelle (4a) bewegt wird, und das erste Transportdrehelement (7) in Kontakt gegen das Nachlaufdrehelement (8) durch eine Feder (20, 29) gedrückt wird.
  2. Aufzeichnungsapparat nach Patentanspruch 1, wobei das Schwenkelement (19) mit einer Antriebsquelle (21), um das Transportdrehelement (7) anzutreiben, und einem antriebskraftübertragenden Element (22, 23) zum Übertragen der Antriebskraft von der Antriebsquelle (21) auf das Transportdrehelement (7) versehen ist.
  3. Aufzeichnungsapparat nach Patentanspruch 2, wobei das Schwenkelement (19) mit einem zweiten Transportdrehelement (13) versehen ist, das austrittseitig einer Transportrichtung des Aufzeichnungsmediums in Bezug auf eine Aufzeichnungsposition des Aufzeichnungsbereichs angeordnet ist, und das schwenkbar zum Übermitteln einer Transportkraft auf das Aufzeichnungsmedium ausgeführt ist.
  4. Aufzeichnungsapparat nach Patentanspruch 3, wobei das Schwenkelement (19) mit einem zweiten antriebskraftübertragenden Element (24) zum Übertragen der Antriebskraft von der Antriebsquelle auf das zweite Transportdrehelement (13) versehen ist.
  5. Aufzeichnungsapparat nach Patentanspruch 1, wobei der Aufzeichnungsapparat Aufzeichnen durch Verwenden eines Tintenstrahlaufzeichnungskopfes ausführt.
  6. Aufzeichnungsapparat nach Patentanspruch 5, wobei der Tintenstrahlaufzeichnungskopf ein elektrothermisches Wandlerelement beinhaltet, das Energie zum Ausstoßen von Tinte aus Tintenausstoßöffnungen erzeugt.
  7. Aufzeichnungsapparat nach Patentanspruch 1, wobei das Transportdrehelement (7) in eine Richtung nahe zu oder entfernt von dem Nachlaufelement (8) entsprechend der Dicke eines Aufzeichnungsmediums dreht.
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